The Court has decided: in its currently known form, platform-based food delivery is not an employment relationship, but according to the labor law expert, a safety net is needed

In its December ruling, the Court did not classify food delivery as an employment relationship. According to the Supreme Court forum, the broad right of instruction and control necessary for the employment relationship did not exist, since, for example, in the case brought before the court, the courier could refuse the given work, and there was no hierarchical relationship and no mutual dependence. (Details of the Court’s decision can be read in the “Background: why the Court decided this way” section.) According to Dr. Zsófia Somlóvári, an expert in labor law at the Kapolyi Law Office, the decision made in the case is particularly important because the Hungarian labor courts used to be able to to reclassify a hidden employment relationship, however, after the Court’s decision, this cannot be done in the future in the event of a similar situation.